William kobotham



NITEI) STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM ROBOTHAM, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

GAG-RUNNER.

Specication of Letters Patent No. 27,158, dated February 14, 1860.

T o all whom i may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM ROBOTHAM, of the city of Newark, in thecounty of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certainImprovements in that part of'Harness for Horses commonly termedGag-Runners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full andexact description of the same, reference being had to the drawings whichaccompany this specification and make part of the same.

The nature 0f my invention consists in giving strength to a parthitherto weak and in so placing the loop as to add to the beauty of theattachment.

In the drawings Figure l represents the gag runner in its place on theside of the head of the horse. Fig. 2, is an edge view of the improvedrunner showing the new position of the loop through which the gag strapis fastened. Fig. 3 shows the new constructed loop as it is prepared forinsertion in the ornamental part of the runner. Fig. t is a view of theback of the runner with the loop inserted in the soft metal. And Fig. 5represents the common construcv tion of the article.

In Fig. 1, b shows the place and use of the runner. It supports thecheck rein c,

and is itselfattached to the headstall by the gag strap el. This gagstrap has in all cases heretofore been made to pass through an eye inthe top of the runner as shown by e Fig. 5, the eye having the wire fsunk in the soft metal to add to its strength. The loop g, through whichthe check rein passes has always heretofore been a separate piece fromthe eye piece and thereby there has always been a weak place in therunners, at h, which often breaks just when most needed.

In my improvement, the loop for the gag strap al and for the check reinc are made in one piece, as shown in Fig. 3, thus the whole strain ofboth the gag strap and the check rein is all on the one piece and theneck h, is of equal strength with the other parts. In the old way asshown at Fig. 5, the gag strap d passes through an eye and comes out infront of the ornament, but in the new arrangement the loop is behind theornamental parts, which can thus appear as are intended, that is ascomplete in themselves, while they support and conceal the useful parts.

I do not claim the concealing the useful by the ornamental parts,

Constructing the two loops in one piece and arranging them substantiallyas described.

WM. ROBOTHAM.

Witnesses:

W. M. GooDrNc, JOHN LONG.

